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Sikhs angry at disrespect to war
memorial
WSN Network
LONDON:
The Sikh
community in the West Midlands town of Coventry is outraged after a
memorial in honour of ikh soldiers was desecrated by miscreants, who
tied a pig's head to the structure. The war memorial was put up near
a central roundabout by the community in 2005 to honour the 83,000
Sikh soldiers who fought in the British army during the two World
Wars.
Navreet Singh
(22), who removed the animal head before taking it to the police,
said whoever tied it was "ignorant" and "mindless". "It is
absolutely disgusting. This is a war memorial. It's not a Sikh
monument, it is a British one. It seems like someone was trying to
attack Muslims. It is ignorance," he said. Retired soldiers and
community leaders appalled by the recent incident have hit out at
the desecration.
Davinder Singh,
a member of the Council of Sikh Gurdwaras in Coventry, wants
security cameras put up on the roundabout to protect the monument,
which is considered sacred to the community. "There have been
similar incidents of racism in the area and I feel our community is
not getting the support we need. There should be a proper system to
handle acts of vandalism," he said.
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July, 2008
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